Hood was waiting outside the cell that housed Bakunawa and Lucky, who were both unconscious.
The agony from the lightning whip he took, for Lucky's sake, was still fresh in his mind.
Even though he'd known Lucky for a while, he still found it hard to believe that he'd made it to the second heavens and sacrificed his life for Bakunawa."
"Is he truly worth the trouble?" Hood questioned softly as he watched them.
"You hardly know him, and yet you trust him so much that you're prepared to endanger your life for his sake?" A second time, he posed the question.
"You put yourself in danger for this human youngster, too." With those words, Oya caused Hood to turn around and look at her. He bowed slightly in acknowledgement of the goddess, who smiled faintly at him.
"It's incredible that he withstood even one crack of the lightning whip." Oya turned to gaze at the two unconscious people on the floor and stated.